The description reads: ‘We were mugged by three refugees armed with pepper spray and a big knife.

‘Luckily, nothing happened and a few other migrants from the camp in Calais came to our rescue.’

Three young men were filmed tackling a journalist to the ground as they tried to steal his camera (Picture: Maaike Engels/YouTube)

After the incident, Engels wrote on her Facebook page: ‘Within every community, among the good ones, you’ll always find a couple of a**holes.

‘The Jungle is no exception. But I guess living under such deplorable conditions the less creative, intelligent and ambitious are very likely to become small criminals, because they’ve got nothing higher to aim at.’